Documentary film "Actor" "New China's Twenty-two Movie Stars" tree actor moral and artistic model

The documentary film "Actor", which focuses on the "22 major movie stars of New China", announced today that it will be finalized: it will be released in theaters nationwide on October 30!

"Actor" is the first film in China to explore the virtues of actors. Taking the "Twenty-two Film Stars of New China" as the starting point, the film lasted five years and recorded in multiple forms, telling the film experience and artistic achievements of yu Lan, Qin Yi, Tian Hua, Yu Yang, Jin Di, Xie Fang, Wang Xiaotang, Zhu Xijuan, Niu Ben and other artists of the older generation, excavating their perceptions and thoughts about the profession of actors for more than half a century, and paying tribute to the century-old Chinese films with the classic film image they created.

The film debuts as a final poster. Against the backdrop of the azure starry sky, the golden lens captures the silhouette of a young actress, who is surrounded by nostalgic film, with a stretched posture and dazzling brilliance, implying the indelible dazzling starlight of "New China's Twenty-two Film Stars" in the long river of film history. The years flowed with gold, the light and shadow were inherited, and the life of the "twenty-two film stars" was conveyed by the film's slogan: "Be innocent and act seriously." ”

"New Chinese folk actors" are little known to record the cross-century style of the "twenty-two movie stars"

In 1961, Premier Zhou Enlai proposed that the prominent positions of cinemas were all pictures of Soviet film actors, "Why can't we hang pictures of our Chinese actors?" "North Film Studio, Shanghai Film Studio, Changying Film Studio and Bayi Factory - the four most influential film studios at that time responded positively, selecting nomination lists among the old, middle and young generations of actors, and finally selecting 22 people, becoming the first batch of film stars recognized by the public in New China."

At the turn of the spring and summer of 1962, the major cinemas across the country were replaced with huge photos of the "twenty-two movie stars", setting off the earliest wave of "star chasing" after the founding of New China. "Actor" takes "Twenty-two Movie Stars" as the main shooting object, recording the style of the first generation of film artists in New China across the times and centuries.

China's first film to explore the virtues of actors shows the personality of the older generation of performing artists

Sixty years later, the popular "Twenty-two Movie Stars" have long been on the hall of honor in the history of Chinese cinema, becoming the best interpretation of the four words of virtue and art. "Actor" fully demonstrates the artistic and personal charm of the older generation of performing artists. Regarding what an actor is, their words are simple and sincere, but they are all shocking and moving.

Zhu Xijuan, the youngest of the "Twenty-Two Movie Stars", once said: "Acting innocently and seriously is probably the motto of our generation of actors." "That period of light that belongs to the classic film also carries the glow of their "morality and art", and they have practiced the meaning of the word "actor" for life.

The memoirs of the domestic classic film Light and Shadow shine on the scene and pay an affectionate tribute to the century-old Chinese films

The acting career of the "Twenty-Two Movie Stars" condenses the history of new Chinese films from birth to growth: "Song of Youth", "Early Spring and February", "Lin Family Shop", "Daughter of the Party", "Red Women's Army", "Young People in Our Village", "Tiger Hero", "Wildfire Spring Wind Fighting Ancient City"... They are the white-haired women, Jiang Jie, Lin Daojing, Wu Qionghua, who are imprinted in the memory of many people... It has left a far-reaching and indelible screen image, and constructed the glorious years of a generation of filmmakers.

The documentary film "Actor" is a memoir of light and shadow of a domestic classic old movie, and it is also a love letter that pays tribute to Chinese cinema and remembers the old film era. This film is a rare opportunity to return to the classic film streamer years through the big screen and feel the unique charm of the film era, which will surely satisfy the fandom complex of domestic old film and documentary fans and film fans for domestic old films; and for teachers, students of acting majors, and audiences in cities where major film studios across the country are located, they will feel the feelings of "film epic performance class teachers teaching with affection" and "classic tour of new Chinese film studios" in this film.

This film is also suitable for audiences of different ages and different experiences, whether it is "chasing stars with the elders" and reliving the film memories of their parents and even grandparents; or the name of the "twenty-two film stars" is still unfamiliar, but they are deeply attracted by these legendary film actors with both virtue and art, and they believe that a generation of legendary film stars will bring a wonderful and rich movie-watching experience when they are young, as well as the wisdom and elegance after aging.

The documentary film "Actor" is produced by the Movie Channel Program Center and will be released nationwide on October 30. Director Pan Yilin and other film creators will also carry out national roadshows with the theme of "Far Away and Walkers" in Beijing, Shanghai, Changsha, Xi'an, Guangzhou, Chengdu and other cities from October 18 to October 30, hoping to bring this film to the far side through one station after another screening and exchange, and bring the valuable spirit of the older generation of actors who have traveled to the far away back to the present.